here are your twenty reasons for living sir.

[starfrosting]

(i think that will be the subtitle of this summer's zine, from diprima's nightmare #8.)

I've been having an unbearable need to listen to fiercely sad woman singers lately. Unfortunately my record collection (tel quel, and I use record to mean album) is not cooperative like that. Kaia and Melissa Ferrick and Jenn Lindsay are fabulous, but I mean I need dark country whiskey ripped worn out bluesey terribly sad woman singers. Suggestions? I've been thinking PJ Harvey, Gillian Welch (who's not that sad sounding, but still...) and um, I need suggestions. Music with a country, not-too-produced sound is preferable. But not necessary. Just sad deep soulful dark like the inside of a fruit music by women.

Leaving that category untouched for the moment.

Comments

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

mhmm... PJ harvey...
and throwing muses ( and i love the tonya donnelly solo stuff and belly) personnally)
and meat puppets (even tho i guess they're straight boys, i dunno)
check out
tami hart... susan vega maybe? mia doi todd? kd lang?

i could come up with more if you tell me whats your thing

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

ooh, I like Tami Hart. And PJ Harvey. But perhaps I'm looking for more of a scratchy gravelly bourbony flavor of singer, ya know?

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

definitely check out early throwing muses if you don't know them well..

i dont know much that's soft, yet still dark country-ish... off hand

[bias-cut.livejournal.com]

neko case. all the fucking way. get yourself a copy of furnace room lullably and blacklisted. you won't be sorry

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

good call

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

oh yes and both the bands the she was in have great albums as well, the sadies (i think thats the name) and the new pornographers. definitely worth checking out

[bias-cut.livejournal.com]

i looooooooove the new pornographers! definitely a different style of music than starfrosting was looking for, however.

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

agreed, thats why i posted some other ideas right after mentioning NPs.. not exactly the right style

[bias-cut.livejournal.com]

but still a band definitely worth mentioning :)

[el-convenio.livejournal.com]

hem is sad and pretty. you should listen to them

[kaiaroo.livejournal.com]

new ideas, check out lisa marr, and the band "the geraldine fibbers"

and the band Miss Derringer ^^

good stuff, all of it

[cactus_rs]

this entry makes me think of "Me & Bobby McGee."


's all. :: disappears ::

[(Anonymous)]

please check out lucinda williams. i think she's possibly the answer to your prayers. her last two albums are excellent, dunno about the first one...

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Hi, I actually bought her self titled one a week or so ago and it's quite good. + who is this?